cool article. 5 signs the energy sector is changing fast treehugger/energy-policy/5-signs-energy-sector-changing-fast.html With the impact of climate change becoming ever more apparent, its pretty clear that something has to change fast when it comes to our relationship with fossil fuels. Luckily, there do seem to be dramatic shifts underway in how energy is both produced and consumed. Here are some hopeful signs that the energy sector is finally growing up. Even laggards are investing big in clean energy. Perhaps the surest sign yet that things are changing is that utilities are getting decidedly nervous. Sure, some are circling the wagons and seeking to disrupt subsidies for renewables. Others, however, are actively seeking to innovate. ...one of the most exciting things about the current changes in the energy market is that this is no longer about energy companies alone. With battery storage and smart grids, citizen-owned energy production all becoming more viable, the linear model of production and consumption is headed out the window. The new paradigm suggests we can all play a part as consumers, as producers, as storers and conservers of energy, and as engaged energy citizens making the best use of the resources we have available to us. Thats evident in the work of eLab, an initiative set up by the Rocky Mountain Institute which brings together utilities, municipalities and private companies to explore how to rapidly accelerate change in the electricity sector. I suspect there will be many more such collaborations to come.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:31:43 +0000
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